Brewton Amateur Radio Union

Brewton Amateur Radio Union This page is for the Brewton Amateur Radio Union to help promote Amateur Radio in the area as to help The original repeater first became operational in 1976.

WB4ARU is the club call of the Brewton Amateur Radio Union (BARU) and was the original call of Jimmy Godwin who was the real founder of the BARU. Jimmy was a police officer on the Brewton Alabama Police Department and was the main driving force behind forming a club and building a repeater. Tragically, Jimmy died of an accident while he and his wife were erecting his tower in 1976. Though he was t

he main character in securing the tower sites, a telephone line link between the transmitter and receiver site with the Escambia County Commission paying the cost of the line, and acquiring the equipment from which the repeater was constructed, he was killed before the repeater became operational. The callsign was WR4BAE, with Johnny Miller, K4VMT as trustee, followed by Scott Hillman, WA4TYH, then Leroy Weaver, WD4SBV. In 2004, after some years of little use, the club and repeater was updated and reorganized. This was done by Larry N4CBS, Leon N4RTT, Scott KT4CW(SK), Franklin W4FDS, and Johnny K4VMT. The repeater still on it's original frequency of 146.97-600. The BARU repeater is completely open with 103.5 PL tone and all licensed HAMs, are more than welcome to use it. This repeater is a Yaesu Fusion DR2 repeater operating in AMS, supporting both FM and digital C4FM modes. As of present 27 March 2021, the club officers are as follows:

President - Larry Fussell N4CBS
Vice President - David Martin W4DSM


BARU Meetings: Due to COVID 19 Please refer to page post for Meeting information or contact us. Amateur Radio Exams are given in the Brewton area by CAVEC. Contact Larry Fussell N4CBS [email protected] for scheduled times or arrange a special session. QSL Direct please

09/15/2025
04/08/2021

The Brewton Amateur Radio Union (BARU) page is now back online.
Club meetings will be the last Thursday of the month at 5 PM. We will meet in the basement of the Escambia County Court House in the EMA Office. We are also part of R.A.C.E.S. supporting the Escambia Co. Alabama EMA. We also cooperate with the ARES group in Santa Rosa County Florida in times of bad weather or special situations.
All Hams or persons interested in Ham Radio and/or R.A.C.E.S, are welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there.

David - W4DSM

07/22/2018

HamExam.org offers free practice exams and flash cards to help you study for your amateur radio exam.

07/10/2018

⚠️REMINDER - KMOB Radar in Mobile, AL will be offline for most of the week (starting today) for part 2 of 4 major upgrades, known as SLEP or “Service Life Extension Program”. This program will take place over the next few years and is designed to replace and refurbish major components of the 20+ year old WSR-88D, which will keep the radar operational into the 2030s.

📡Radar coverage is still available from adjacent radar sites including New Orleans, LA; Jackson, MS; Birmingham, AL; Maxwell AFB, AL; Ft. Rucker, AL and Eglin AFB, FL.

💻More information: https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201807051749-KMOB-NOUS44-PNSMOB

07/09/2018
07/05/2018
07/01/2018

350PM We are expecting a wet next few days along the northern Gulf Coast. Flooding could become a concern as rain accumulations pile up

06/27/2018

⛈Most lightning fatalities occur in June, July, and August.

⚡Lightning often strikes outside the area of heavy rain and can strike up to 10 miles from any rain! If you hear thunder, lightning is close enough to strike you. When Thunder Roars, GO INDOORS.

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Ridge Road
East Brewton, AL

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